Open the midi in the sequencer, play it with the arrow at the top and then1. change tempos (r or l click on speed) 2. mute or solo instruments (click on P)3.change instruments(click below PRG)Here’s a listhttp://www.pgmusic.com/tutorial_gm.htm

I use midis to give my aspiring rock star 11 year old a back-up band and to hear how, for instance, a bass line is played.Find midis by searching (name of song) midi on Google.Here’s some more midi programs http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

Finally, if you can’t find a midi for some song but you have the chords, here’s a $10 program that allows you to quickly turn those chords into an accompaniment.I use it.It works great. It’s called Band Minus One and it’s here: http://www.1manband.nl/bmo/index.htm

Monday, February 19, 2007

Assignment #19

I have a new favorite application—Digg.I’ve got it hooked into my Netvibes and it’s like someone saying “Hey!Look at this.It’s cool.” This is what I collected just this weekend.The Assignment is to click on a few.They’re all real quick.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Assignment #15

Digg is a site that feature’s news stories (and videos and podcasts) that have been voted good (or bad) by… anybody.The most popular articles are usually IT related as most of the people using Digg are geeks.However, you’ll see articles here you might otherwise miss.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Assignment #10

Today’s assignment came from radio personality Kim Komando in her Cool Site email yesterday.Kim’s program and sitehttp://www.komando.com/ are excellent for computer users of all levels.Be sure to sign up for her daily emails.They’re very good.